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Runoff from farmland has been called the largest source of pollution in the Chesapeake Bay. Now Virginia farmers will be able to use about $3 million in federal and state funds during the next four years to cover nearly all the cost of increased fencing and other buffers to keep livestock from fouling waterways that feed into the historic estuary. The money is part of a combined $1.75 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service along with a matching amount from the state of Virginia. Most of the funds, or $1.45 million, will be paid directly to farmers who choose to participate. The remaining $300,000 will go to the state Department of...

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Runoff from farmland has been called the largest source of pollution in the Chesapeake Bay.
Now Virginia farmers will be able to use about $3 million in federal and state funds during the next four years to cover nearly all the cost of increased...

The Daily Press has a limited number of free tickets available for readers to attend the Coastal Virginia Home & Garden show this weekend. The tickets are available beginning Thursday, Feb. 5 at 8 a.m.Tickets must be picked up in person at the Daily...

The state is giving nearly $260,000 to help purchase a conservation easement on 1,260 acres of private farmland around historic Bacon's Castle in Surry County and remove it permanently from residential and commercial development.
The grant is part of...

After Hurricane Sandy swept up the East Coast in October 2012, devastating coastal communities, President Barack Obama called for an analysis of flood risks to vulnerable areas and ways for communities to adapt.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Army Corps of...

Funding for the Chesapeake Bay watershed is a mixed bag under President Barack Obama's proposed $4 trillion budget for fiscal year 2016.
On the one hand, nonprofits and state leaders are applauding nearly $38 million proposed for conservation projects...

Stewardship Virginia, a statewide campaign to encourage and recognize volunteer activities with a tangible impact on Virginia's natural resources, continues this year with events across the state. The campaign's fall activities run through Oct. 31, a...

Federal and state agencies will provide an information session from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Dec. 8 to explain the federal 2014 Farm Bill that passed Feb. 7. The session will be held at the Yorktown Library at 8500 George Washington Memorial Highway and the...

Requests from watermen interested in harvesting oysters within the city's waterways are becoming more popular, according to Virginia Marine Resources Commission officials.
The state agency in charge of regulating oyster ground leases is processing...

They say it's a lot like a cat and mouse game. Out on the choppy waters of the James River one recent morning, Virginia Marine Police watched and waited for watermen to make their way out to the oyster beds.
Their job: Catch people violating harvesting...

Starting in 2015, all shellfish harvesters and certified dealers will be required to complete a new certification program in order to get their permits and licenses, a Virginia Marine Resources Commission spokeswoman said.The new program will help...

Thirty-three organizations will share $500,000 from the Dominion Foundation in support of environmental stewardship initiatives, according to a release from the charitable foundation of Dominion Virginia Power.
The groups will receive funding for...

When it comes to energy efficiency and renewable energy sales, Dominion Resources comes in dead last or nearly so in a new report ranking the country's biggest utilities.
The report was compiled by the environmental advocacy group Ceres and the...

Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources Doug Domenech will speak at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science on Friday afternoon in an event that's open to the public.
Domenech, who refers to himself as the "Secretary of Fun," will give a...

Three people were killed and more than 60 were injured when a tornado cut a mile-wide path across Gloucester County Saturday, said Gloucester Sheriff Steve Gentry.The victims have been identified as Periccis Gerasimos Koutsoumbinas,a 60 year-old-male,...

You are cordially invited to a special coming-out party — the release of Norfolk Botanical Garden's three motherless eaglets, now grown and ready to head back into the wild.
The event, open to the public, happens at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 27, at...

It seems Southside quarterbacks Brad Hudson and Dominique Marsh, rivals in high school, will be teammates at Hampton University.
Hudson, who threw for 2,218 yards and 25 touchdowns last season at Great Bridge High, and Marsh, who threw for 1,924 yards...

Corapeake, N.C., is the kind of small rural Southern town that you can easily miss if you sneeze while you're driving.Located on the western fringes of the Great Dismal Swamp — and a dozen or so miles south of Suffolk near the Virginia border — there's no...

Given the way they were playing, the Virginia Destroyers probably didn't need a bye week.
They had one anyway. Now the Destroyers will look to pick up where they left off two weeks ago when they host desperate Sacramento in regionally televised United...

Despite the convenience of using an artificial Christmas tree, Americans still have a fondness for the real thing.
During 2010, U.S. consumers purchased 27 million farm-grown Christmas trees, a slight increase from the previous year, according to a press...